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MICHAEL F. EASLEY
GOVERNOR
SCOTTISH, SCOTS-IRISH HERITAGE MONTH
2007
BY THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
A PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, almost half of the signers of the Declaration of Independence were of Scottish
descent, and nine governors of the original thirteen states were of Scottish an~stry; and
WHEREAS, the Scots-Irish are Americans of Scottish origin whose ancestors first colonized
northern Ireland in the 1600s be(ore emigrating to the English ·colonies in North America during the
1700s;and
WHEREAS, the Scots-Irish immigrants to America were devout Presbyterians who dedicated,
their lives to God and to the ideals of freedom and liberty;.and
WHEREAS, the Scottish Treaty of Abroath on 6 April 1320 inspired the contents for America's ·
Declaration of IndePendence; and
WHEREAS, National Tartans Day is observed each year on the sixth day of April; and
WHEREAS, the Scots-Irish played a pivotal role in winning the American Revolution; and
WHEREAS, the Scots-Irish were in the vanguard of frontiersmen who carved a great civilization
out of the-American wilderness; and
WHEREAS, according the US Census, more than 340,000 North Carolinians today are
descendents of Scots-Irish immigrants making North Carolina one of the largest Scots-Irish populations;
and
WHEREAS, among the many distinguished Americans of Scots-Irish ancestry are a number of
United States Presidents, including the three Presidents from North Carolina: Andrew Jackson, James K.
Polk, and Andrew Johnson; ·
. NOW, THEREFORE, J, MICHAEL F. EASLEY, Governor of the State of North Carolina, do
hereby proclaim April2007, as. "SCOITISH SCOTS-IRISH HERITAGE MONTH" in North .
Carolina.
.North Carolina at
and six, and of the
MICHAEL F. EASLEY
I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Great Seal of the State of
in Raleigh this third day of February in the year of our Lord two thousand
~penctence of the United States of America the two hundred and thirtieth.

MICHAEL F. EASLEY
GOVERNOR
SCOTTISH, SCOTS-IRISH HERITAGE MONTH
2007
BY THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
A PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, almost half of the signers of the Declaration of Independence were of Scottish
descent, and nine governors of the original thirteen states were of Scottish an~stry; and
WHEREAS, the Scots-Irish are Americans of Scottish origin whose ancestors first colonized
northern Ireland in the 1600s be(ore emigrating to the English ·colonies in North America during the
1700s;and
WHEREAS, the Scots-Irish immigrants to America were devout Presbyterians who dedicated,
their lives to God and to the ideals of freedom and liberty;.and
WHEREAS, the Scottish Treaty of Abroath on 6 April 1320 inspired the contents for America's ·
Declaration of IndePendence; and
WHEREAS, National Tartans Day is observed each year on the sixth day of April; and
WHEREAS, the Scots-Irish played a pivotal role in winning the American Revolution; and
WHEREAS, the Scots-Irish were in the vanguard of frontiersmen who carved a great civilization
out of the-American wilderness; and
WHEREAS, according the US Census, more than 340,000 North Carolinians today are
descendents of Scots-Irish immigrants making North Carolina one of the largest Scots-Irish populations;
and
WHEREAS, among the many distinguished Americans of Scots-Irish ancestry are a number of
United States Presidents, including the three Presidents from North Carolina: Andrew Jackson, James K.
Polk, and Andrew Johnson; ·
. NOW, THEREFORE, J, MICHAEL F. EASLEY, Governor of the State of North Carolina, do
hereby proclaim April2007, as. "SCOITISH SCOTS-IRISH HERITAGE MONTH" in North .
Carolina.
.North Carolina at
and six, and of the
MICHAEL F. EASLEY
I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Great Seal of the State of
in Raleigh this third day of February in the year of our Lord two thousand
~penctence of the United States of America the two hundred and thirtieth.